The Private Soldier under Washington (Corner House Publishers Social Science Reprints)

xiii, 258 pp. 1976 reissue of the 1902 original. From the preface: "Much has been written about the American Revolution, but our knowledge of the private soldiers of the patriot army is confined chiefly to Washington's description of their sufferings at Valley Forge. Their story is to be found in a line here and there scattered through the mass of contemporary literature. In sifting this material, it has seemed best to give in every case the name of the authority who saw what he described. No student, however, would willingly forget the labors of those later writers who have done so much to make easier the way for others..." Includes chapters on: The Origin of the Army; Maintaining the Forces; Material Needs; Firelock and Powder; Officer and Private; Camp Duties; Camp Diversions; Hospitals and Prison-Ships; The Army in Motion; The Private Himself; Index.